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People use the word ‘obsession’ a lot in everyday conversation, and it can mean different things to different people. In terms of mental health, ‘obsessions’ are recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that are intrusive and unwanted. Obsessions become a problem when they affect a young person’s behaviour so much that they interfere with everyday life. Obsessions often go together with
compulsions – these are irresistible urges to behave in a certain way. Obsessive–compulsive (OCD)
and related disorders are serious, anxiety-related conditions that affect a young person’s everyday life through things like stopping them from getting to school on time, finishing homework, or going out with friends.

Orygen acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands we are on and pays respect to their Elders past and present. Orygen recognises and respects their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship to their ancestral lands, which continue to be important to The First Nations Peoples living today.

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Orygen currently only operate clinical services in the north and north west of Melbourne through our headspace centres.

If you need to access a clinical service and you live in another part of Australia, you can access a range of services through the headspace centres operating around Australia. Visit www.headspace.org.au for more information.

If you are looking for Orygen Youth Health operated by Melbourne Health, please note that this is known as Orygen. You can visit www.oyh.org.au or for referrals call their triage service 1800 888 320.